downstairs

[ adverb, noun doun-stairz; adjective doun-stairz ]
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adverb
  1. down the stairs.

  2. to or on a lower floor.

adjective
  1. Also downstair . pertaining to or situated on a lower floor, especially the ground floor.

noun
  1. (used with a singular verb) the lower floor or floors of a building: The downstairs is being painted.

  2. the stairway designated for use by people descending: Don't try to go up the downstairs.

Origin of downstairs

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; down1 + stair + -s3

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British Dictionary definitions for downstairs

downstairs

/ (ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz) /


adverb
  1. down the stairs; to or on a lower floor

noun
    • a lower or ground floor

    • (as modifier): a downstairs room

  1. British informal, old-fashioned the servants of a household collectively: Compare upstairs (def. 6)

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